About Sunshine

��%BD��%BD%BD��%BD��%BD%BD%BD��%BD��%BD%BD��%BD��%BD%BD%BD��%BD��%BD%BD��%BD��%BD%BD%BDSunshine 1.5 Years Old Female White Deaf (knows some hand signals) Dog Friendly Good with Dog Savvy Cats Older Children Recommended Fostered in Battle Ground, WA Hi, my name is Sunshine, and my foster mom calls me Sunny. I don't hear either name because I'm deaf. I do see how her mouth moves when she smiles at me and how her eyes crinkle when she says my name, so I know she likes me and is talking to me, which makes me wiggly and happy. If you need me to do something, I know some hand signals and am very willing to learn more. I'm very eager and motivated by love and food, more about that in a bit. Being deaf helps me be more observant, so I'll watch you more closely. Eventually, I'll be able to understand all your body language and subtle cues. I will often come looking for you if you've left the room while I was snoozing, I'll check your normal places, nosing open doors, and sniffing for your scent until I find where you've gone. You'll find I crave schedules, structure, and repetition. In addition to being an observant watcher, my sense of smell is amazing. I can smell food and crumbs from a mile away. My foster mom calls me a carpet picker, whatever that means. I just know the vacuum isn't needed when I'm around. I am full of energy and I love to run around the yard and do zoomies and jump over anything in my way. My foster mom says I jump like a rabbit. I love sturdy and indestructible toys, more on that in a bit, and play hard. I have two foster fur brothers that are dogs and two more foster fur brothers that are cats. I'm learning their body language and we are having fun playing. Sometimes, I'll misunderstand their communication, but we always make up with lots of kisses. Now my fur cat brothers are a different story. I did try to play with them, but they hiss at me even though I am not doing anything. I was recently in a very bad place. I was starved and my tummy hurt even though I was getting food. Eating hurt and made me cranky and I was still starving for more and then I was puking. This was a dire time; I love food, I want food all the time-I want your food, my food, my brothers' food. I want it all. Foster mom here, Sunshine's food issues stem from the fact that at some point she actually ate a nice big shiny rock. It likely was in her tummy for weeks. Who knows why. She might have been plying with it as a toy or she might have thought it was food. When WHBR brought her into our care, we learned quickly that something was not right and got her the medical attention she needed. The rock had finally moved from her stomach to her intestinal tract and was blocking all nutrition. As you can understand, the pain and hunger has really shaped her relationship with food. You will need to work hard for her to help her reshape that relationship. This also means protecting her from objects that are small enough to be swallowed-shiny rocks, small toys, even your small belongings. The adoption team will have very specific instructions you'll need to follow to help keep Sunshine safe and to help her change her relationship with food. As you get to know this beautiful girl, you will be inspired by her love of life, intelligence, depth of love, and inquisitive nature. Adoption application bit.ly/WHBRadopt Check out Sunshine's video https://youtu.be/5boqSbro5cc For more details on all our available dogs bit.ly/WHBR-AllAdoptableBoxers

Clark County
Battle Ground, Washington 98604